- Sep 23, 2014
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So im looking at fast USB 3.0 thumb drives. The fastest Ive found is the SanDisk Extreme CZ80. Great speed for a thumb drive.The speeds look to be around 150-200MBps read/write. Not bad at all! Price is $37 USD for the 64GB one. Not bad.
Then I thought, well, how much is an SSD of equivalent size? A mushkin 60GB SSD with read and write speeds of 4-500MBps read and write is $36 USD. Much faster and the same price (essentially). I would need an adapter, but they arent too expensive either.
Size is not really an issue since I would use it just in my home for installing OS'es on my many computers that I get my hands on. (usually older, used PC's) I also do work for family on the side. I would also use it for transferring media from work to home, at times.
So forgetting the obvious size advantage, which would make more sense? Also could a portable SSD work just like a portable thumb drive if I have the appropriate USB 3.0 adapter? Or would programs like Rufus and the windows equivalent have an issue seeing it as removable media? Also, USB 3.0 shouldn't in theory cap my SSD speeds would it?
Thanks, guys!
EDIT- Yeah, the older computer would have slower and older USB ports. But that is only a part of what I would use it for. If it were JUST that, then id be fine with my old USB 2.0 thumb drive. But its slow as pee when I want to use it to transfer media, or even when I do have a newer build that does have USB 3.0 ports. Thanks for pointing that out though, just in case I had not been aware!
Update- Thank you for all the answers guys!
Then I thought, well, how much is an SSD of equivalent size? A mushkin 60GB SSD with read and write speeds of 4-500MBps read and write is $36 USD. Much faster and the same price (essentially). I would need an adapter, but they arent too expensive either.
Size is not really an issue since I would use it just in my home for installing OS'es on my many computers that I get my hands on. (usually older, used PC's) I also do work for family on the side. I would also use it for transferring media from work to home, at times.
So forgetting the obvious size advantage, which would make more sense? Also could a portable SSD work just like a portable thumb drive if I have the appropriate USB 3.0 adapter? Or would programs like Rufus and the windows equivalent have an issue seeing it as removable media? Also, USB 3.0 shouldn't in theory cap my SSD speeds would it?
Thanks, guys!
EDIT- Yeah, the older computer would have slower and older USB ports. But that is only a part of what I would use it for. If it were JUST that, then id be fine with my old USB 2.0 thumb drive. But its slow as pee when I want to use it to transfer media, or even when I do have a newer build that does have USB 3.0 ports. Thanks for pointing that out though, just in case I had not been aware!
Update- Thank you for all the answers guys!
. But if its purpose is to install OS's on older pc's most will have usb 2.0 or possibly 1.1 and both options will be bottlenecked the crap out both options
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